CGSF Scholarships for LGBT Students

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Consider these LGBT scholarships from the CGSF if your interest is on todays’ gender and sexuality issues. Although there are numerous scholarship opportunities for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, there are just a handful of fellowship opportunities. The difference between a fellowship and a college scholarship is that fellowships tend to award more funds, in the form of stipends, grant the student privileges, and often include tuition as well. When it comes to the Center for Gender Studies Fellowships (CGSF), you do not have to be a member of the LGBT community. Instead, your dissertation must be about gender or sexuality issues.

The Center for Gender Studies was founded in 1996, at the University of Chicago. The Lesbian and Gay Studies Project is housed at the Center for Gender Studies, and the organization exists for research and education concerning all aspects of gender issues and sexuality issues as they pertain to gender.

Each year, the Center for Gender Studies sponsors three separate Fellowships. These three fellowships are the Center for Gender Studies Dissertation Writing Fellowship, the Center for Gender Studies Residency Fellowship, and the James C. Hormel Dissertation Fellowships in Lesbian and Gay Studies.

In order to be eligible for the Center for Gender Studies Dissertation Writing Fellowship, you must be attending the University of Chicago, and you must be in a PhD program. The discipline that you are studying does not matter, but your dissertation must focus on issues that have to do with gender or sexuality. Those dissertations that focus on race or economic hierarchy can also be considered. This fellowship lasts for three full quarters. It is important to note that other funding through the University of Chicago may have a detrimental effect on your eligibility for this fellowship. The amount of money awarded for this CGSF fellowship is $15,000.

While the requirements for winning and keeping the Residency Fellowship are not as stringent, there are still requirements that focus on the student’s dissertation, and the requirement that the dissertation focus on gender and sexuality issues. This fellowship does not have a stipend, however. Instead, it awards the winner an office at the Center for Gender Studies, as well as privileges at the center. Again, the winner will be a student from the University of Chicago.

The James C. Hormel Dissertation Fellowships in Lesbian and Gay Studies are awarded with a stipend of $14,000, and the winners must be students of the University of Chicago and enrolled in a PhD program. Additionally, they must be writing dissertations on lesbian, gay, and queer studies. This fellowship also covers the student’s tuition, insurance, and fees for the school year that it is awarded, making it extremely lucrative.

The application deadline for all three CGSF fellowship opportunities occurs on March 31st of each year, and there are no exceptions to this deadline. Competition for all three financial aid fellowships is considered to be quite strong.

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